天蚕糸

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
天	蚕	糸
Grade: 1	Grade: 6	Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spelling
天蠶絲 (kyūjitai)

Compare てぐす (tegusu, “giant silkworm gut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te̞ɡɯ̟sɨ]

Noun

天蚕糸(てぐす) • (tegusu) 

1. tensan silk; silk derived from Japanese oak silkmoth cocoons

   Synonyms: 天蚕 (tensan), 山繭糸 (yamamayu ito)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
天	蚕	糸
Grade: 1	Grade: 6	いと Grade: 1
irregular		kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
天蠶絲 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te̞ɡɯ̟sɨito̞]

Noun

天蚕糸(てぐすいと) • (tegusuito) 

1. tensan silk; silk derived from Japanese oak silkmoth cocoons

   Synonyms: 天蚕 (tensan), 山繭糸 (yamamayu ito)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
天	蚕	糸
てん Grade: 1	Grade: 6	Grade: 1
on'yomi	irregular

Alternative spelling
天蠶絲 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋɡɯ̟sɨ]

Noun

天蚕糸(てんぐす) • (tengusu) 

1. tensan silk; silk derived from Japanese oak silkmoth cocoons

   Synonyms: 天蚕 (tensan), 山繭糸 (yamamayu ito)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
天	蚕	糸
てん Grade: 1	さん Grade: 6	し Grade: 1
kan'on

Alternative spelling
天蠶絲 (kyūjitai)

天蚕(てんさん) (tensan, “Japanese oak silkmoth”) + 糸(し) (shi, “thread”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɰ̃sã̠ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

天(てん)蚕(さん)糸(し) • (tensanshi) 

1. tensan silk; silk derived from Japanese oak silkmoth cocoons

   Synonyms: 天蚕 (tensan), 山繭糸 (yamamayu ito)

References

• 天蚕糸 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• “天蚕糸”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006